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Bambos Charalambous vs Yvette Cooper

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 976 shared comparable votes.

976 same votes 0 different votes 976 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
84 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 141 shared votes
84 Aye 57 No
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
39 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 141 shared votes
84 Aye 57 No
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
39 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,406 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

21
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
93
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
24
-137.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Contributions
1,161
+999.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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